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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 677 · 40 questions
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How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.

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  1. 1.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) corn (c) ladder
  5. 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  8. 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) circle
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) first (c) fork
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) fork
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) dart
  14. 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  15. 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  16. 16.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) bird
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) star (c) torch
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
  25. 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) fork
  27. 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  29. 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  30. 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circus
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) guitar
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) turtle
  37. 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) first
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

  1. purple
  2. ar
  3. turtle
  4. corn
  5. or
  6. ur
  7. unicorn
  8. er
  9. turkey
  10. first
  11. ar
  12. fork
  13. circle
  14. guitar
  15. ir
  16. circle
  17. ar
  18. corn
  19. er
  20. thermometer
  21. torch
  22. popcorn
  23. ir
  24. car
  25. hammer
  26. butter
  27. paper
  28. torch
  29. flower
  30. circus
  31. circus
  32. guitar
  33. ur
  34. tiger
  35. or
  36. scarf
  37. shark
  38. purple
  39. or
  40. er

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